Ishaku Konda

Ishaku Konda (born September 11, 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Jablonec in Fortuna Liga.[1]

Ishaku Konda
Personal information
Full name Ishaku Konda
Date of birth (1999-09-11) September 11, 1999
Place of birth Ghana
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Jablonec
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Legon Cities 54 (0)
2019–2020 Juniors OÖ 17 (0)
2020–2022 Asokwa Deportivo 0 (0)
2021 → Paide (loan) 21 (0)
2022 → České Budějovice (loan) 4 (0)
2022– Jablonec 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2023

Club career

Wa All Stars

Konda started his career with the Wa All Stars.[2][3][4] He played 14 Premier League games for the club in the 2016 season which helped the club win the league and were crowned Ghana Premier league Champions.[2][5][6]

Juniors OÖ

In January 2019, he moved to the Austrian Bundesliga club LASK and signed a one-year contract until December 2019.[7][8] He was however immediately sent out to their farm team second-tier side FC Juniors OÖ play. After the end of his contract, he left LASK.

He then returned to Ghana[9] and moved to Kumasi-based Division 1 side Asokwa Deportivo FC.

Paide

On 10 March 2021, Paide Linnameeskond announced via their club's website that they had signed Konda and they he would start training with the first team on 11 March 2021, after the end of his mandatory isolation period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] The signing made him the 3rd Ghanaian to join the Estonian giants after Abdul Razak Yussif and Deabeas Owusu-Sekyere.[11][12]

International career

Konda has capped for Ghana at the U-20 level for the Ghana national under-20 football team.[9][13] He served as captain of the side in 2019. During both the qualification of the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers and the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.[8][7][5]

Honours

Wa All Stars

References
  1. Ishaku Konda at Soccerway
  2. "Issahaku Konda to seal move to Austrian top-flight LASK Linz". www.ghanaweb.com. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. "Wa All Stars defender Isshaku Konda says inexperience cost them three points at AshantiGold". GhanaSoccernet. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. "Talent Tavern: Wa All Stars enterprising defender Ishaku Konda". GhanaSoccernet. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  5. "Ghana U20 captain Issahaku Konda joins Austrian club LASK Linz - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. "Ghana U20 skipper Issahaku Konda to seal move to Austrian top-flight LASK Linz". GhanaSoccernet. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  7. "Black Satellites skipper Ishaku Konda joins teammates in camp". Prime News Ghana. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. Sienu, Sheikh Tophic (26 January 2019). "U20 AFCON 2019: Ghana skipper Ishaku Konda arrives in camp". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. "UK Base Soccer Agency seals deal with ex-Ghana U20 captain Ishaku Konda". GhanaSoccernet. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  10. "Paide Linnameeskond – Saa tuttavaks- Ishaku Konda!" (in Estonian). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  11. "Former Ghana U20 captain Issahaku Konda joins Estonian giants Paide Linnameeskond". GhanaSoccernet. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  12. Osman, Abdul Wadudu (9 March 2021). "Former Ghana U20 captain Ishaku Konda signs for Estonian top-flight side Paide Linnameeskand". Football Made In Ghana. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  13. "Black Satellites Captain Isshaku Konda confident ahead of Benin clash". GhanaSoccernet. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. "Ghana - I. Konda - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". gh.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.


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